Still denying that everyone and anyone is under surveillance or at the very least that the US can and does have access to any info on anyone they
decide...including the medical records of a non-citizen?

I have no doubts whatsoever and now this woman doesn't either.

So if this happens to a non-citizen what access do you think the US Govt. has to info on their own citizens?

news.ca.msn.com...
A Toronto woman denied a flight to New York as part of a cruise trip wants to know how U.S. border agents knew about her history of mental illness.

Ellen Richardson says she was told by U.S. customs officials at Pearson International Airport on Monday that because she had been hospitalized for
clinical depression in June 2012, she could not enter the U.S. As a result, she missed her flight to New York City and a Caribbean cruise, for which
she had paid $6,000.

"I was in shock. I was completely in shock," Richardson said Friday on CBC's Metro Morning. "I had no idea how that was relevant to my seeking entry
into the U.S. for a holiday."

Now to be fair she did write a book about her depression but that makes it even stranger IMO.

U.S. border guards are allowed to bar anyone they deem a threat to themselves, others or their property. They have access to police records
— including even uneventful encounters with officers — but medical records are supposed to be held in the strictest confidence.

The privacy of Americans has already been compromised and I'm sure of foreign citizens as well.

I notice that no ever stops to question the words in articles pertaining to crimes when there is the sentence "history of mental illness". I am a
firm believer that mental health records should never be released to anyone for any reason. That includes the government for any reason, including
terrorism.

It is a sad day when you can receive more protected and anonymous mental healthcare from a priest than from a trained psychologist. It is now a system
where truly mentally ill people might shoot themselves in the foot legally later by seeking care now.

This has been going on for years under the guise of "justice". The reality is that people are placing themselves on blacklists and making themselves
targets by seeking professional help.

Personally I don't feel that depression is a good enough reason but due to the broad term of 'mental disorder' used... I guess it is.

I wonder how long this has been the case?

I also found this:

"People with physical or mental disorders that
may cause harm to themselves or others"

Ok I get it.

BUT this I don't get:

The agent gave Richardson a document that said 'system checks' has uncovered details of her hospitalization and that she would need special
clearance before being allowed entry into the States. Richardson is now left wondering how the agent had access to her private medical records. Read
more: www.dailymail.co.uk...
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That I don't get either. That's part of why I asked how long this has been the case. Medical info of any nature should absolutely be private and the
government has zero business making it accessible to anyone.

I wonder how many have had their records snooped in by nosy folks with access to the system that coughed up her information?

That I don't get either. That's part of why I asked how long this has been the case. Medical info of any nature should absolutely be private and the
government has zero business making it accessible to anyone.

I wonder how many have had their records snooped in by nosy folks with access to the system that coughed up her information?

Also,

If it's the first time...why her? Is she the most Dangerous Depressed person to ever cross the border?

I'm sure a good cruise could have helped her depressed outlook on life. Bet she is even more depressed now that she has spent all that money and
been denied the ability to enjoy, possibly, a healthy outlet for her depression.

I find this extremely disturbing that it's possible that DHS has access to any Canadians medical records. At all. Ever. I understand that entrance to
the US can be denied for whatever reason that they deem, I was almost denied entrance once for being unemployed at the time, but to be very specific
as in this case, about knowing she had depression, makes me very uneasy.

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